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The Undead Interview, Part One (with Clay Morgan)

by fmichellemoran on October 18, 2012

So, on Monday I shared a little pop culture quiz that I did with Clay Morgan. Today I have something bigger to pass along. Literally and figuratively.

Clay was gracious enough to answer a lot of questions, talking to me about himself and his book Undead as I stumbled my way through my first interview ever. (My plan was to ask more questions than I needed and then edit down, but I can’t bring myself to cut anything.) Thank you so much, Mr. Clay Morgan, for indulging me, for being patient, and for being such an interesting person to interview!

Here is part one of the interview; I hope the rest of you enjoy it as much as I did.

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I thought about posting the second half tomorrow, but I don’t like to wait – so I won’t.

Tune in next week for part two, where we dig into Clay’s awesome new book, Undead!

Just as an aside…

As I’ve been editing these pieces, a lot of things kept running through my mind:

I totally feel like Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove, “Is that my voice? Is that MY voice?”

Is Clay a mind-reader? He keeps answering my next question before I ask my next question.

I really want to put up the Clay and Michelle icons so they can have some fake conversations, basically to let out the running commentary in my head about how awkward I am.

Yeah, so I use about 10 words where 3 would do just fine.

What’s running through my mind right now is, “Only one of those things is about Clay and the actual interview; you’re, like, completely self-centered.” The worst part is that the little Michelle icon is saying it. *sigh* I’m thinking there’s something really not right about that.

Great interview. I’ve often recognized Clay’s great ability to instantly connect with people,whether it be in writing,class,event,or in person. God has gifted him. The day he stops speaking and writing is a day I don’t want to see.

That’s a great thing, isn’t it? I love how you put it, “God has gifted him.” And to put that gift to use in a way that gives to others is a wonderful thing. He has said a couple of times that “God made me this way.” I don’t know yet how to describe how God made me – I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. I’m always fascinated by people who are sure of their calling.

Teehee… Thank you… Actually, I have that effect on plenty of other people, too – the crying thing, I mean 🙂 I’m going to be a week late on part two, but I’ll be posting a little synopsis Clay did for each of the miracles next!